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  • At PDC: Microsoft's Muglia talks about Azure Platform as a Service advances

    Windows Azure as platform for applications gained attention at Microsoft’s PDC in Redmond, Wash. Platform as a Service [PaaS] is where the future of the cloud computing resides, said Bob Muglia, President of Server and Tools Business for Microsoft.  News | 02 Nov 2010

  • Ray Ozzie out as Microsoft CSA - pursuing entertainment projects

    Microsoft announced today that Ray Ozzie plans to step down from his position as Chief Software Architect for the company.  News | 19 Oct 2010

  • Visual Studio flips a LightSwitch beta

    MS bowed Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 1. It supports deployment on a Windows desktop, in Silverlight in a browser or as a cloud-based application running Azure.  News | 23 Aug 2010

  • Windows Azure's hidden compute costs

    Many developers have voiced frustration with Microsoft Windows Azure's compute costs, which charges them regardless of CPU usage. The pricing structure seems more reasonable to enterprises, who stand to reduce administrative and infrastructural costs...  Article | 30 Mar 2010

  • Early Azure adopters porting over .NET apps for more scalability

    Microsoft Azure's first adopters are porting over existing applications more than they seem to be building all new ones. While a developer proficient in Visual Studio can write apps for behind the firewall or Azure's cloud computing platform, porting...  Article | 28 Jan 2010

  • Early Azure adopter sees financial benefits of cloud computing

    When Advanced Telemetry, an energy consumption monitoring and management provider, realized they could not accommodate their rapid growth with on-site infrastructure, they looked at cloud computing options to expand their computing resources.  Article | 12 Jan 2010

  • Developer advantages and challenges of Microsoft's Azure

    Roger Jennings discusses which organizations and types of applications are likely to take the best advantage of Microsoft's new cloud computing service, Azure Services Platform.  Interview | 22 Dec 2009

  • Windows Azure cloud computing services, part one

    Roger Jennings, principal consultant at Oakleaf Systems and the author of a new book on Windows Azure, discusses the impending release of Windows Azure, its current state, and which organizations and types of apps are likely to take the best advantag...  Interview | 21 Dec 2009

  • Q&A: Exploring Microsoft Azure, cloud and Silverlight futures

    Software veteran Andrew Brust deals out new insights into the present scene and futurescape of Microsoft Azure, Silverlight and cloud computing. In particular, Brust -- chief of new technology at twentysix New York -- analyzes where Azure is now, who...  Interview | 09 Dec 2009

  • Build and unit test Windows Azure projects from TFS Team Build

    Windows Azure Storage a fast, scalable, and reliable storage solution for your Windows Azure applications. With the Windows Azure SDK, you get a version of Azure's cloud server and cloud storage that run on your desktop – DevFabric.exe and Developmen...  Article | 13 Nov 2009

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The emerging Azure platform for cloud computing represents Microsoft's approach to large-scale distributed computing on demand. Topics covered include development, software as a service (SaaS) and platforms as a service (PaaS).